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The Marriage Policy
by Riley Hart
5 stars — Husbands with Benefits, Yes Please 💍🔥
Riley Hart, you’ve done it again. I am a SUCKER for a marriage of convenience romance, but make it MM, add in best friends since forever, a bi awakening, and a fake marriage for health insurance? Yeah… take my money. The Marriage Policy is equal parts adorable, spicy, and emotionally satisfying. AKA, everything I want in a queer romance.
Eric and Donovan are pure magic. Donovan is the soft hearted grump ER nurse who’s been guarding his feelings for his “straight best friend” forever, and Eric is the sunshine himbo who basically wakes up one day like, “Wait, being in love with my best friend is gay? Okay, cool.” Their dynamic is so sweet, so codependent (in the best way), and SO funny. I mean, Eric immediately starts calling Donovan “husband” and it is lowkey my favorite thing ever.
This book has:
✨ Friends to lovers
✨ Marriage of convenience
✨ Bi awakening
✨ Clueless mutual pining
✨ Chronic illness rep
✨ A very valid critique of the US healthcare system disguised as a romance plot
And don’t get me started on the tension. The forced proximity, the slow realization that they’re already everything to each other, the emotional growth... ugh, my heart. The spicy scenes? Top tier. The emotions? Even higher.
I also really appreciated the way Donovan’s chronic illness history was handled because it wasn’t just a throwaway detail. It shaped how he saw relationships, vulnerability, and trust. And Eric? Sweet, golden retriever energy with a side of “let’s experiment and see what happens.” Their growth as a couple felt authentic and well paced, even if I occasionally wanted to shake them for being so oblivious.
Also, their families KNOW. Like, “we’ve been waiting for you idiots to kiss for 15 years” energy. I live for that.
The Marriage Policy is the perfect low angst, high reward MM romance that delivers on every front. I laughed, I swooned, I yelled at them to just talk already, and now I’m impatiently counting down to book three.
Read if you love:
💗 Best friends to lovers
💗 Codependent softies
💗 Marriage for insurance (aka “thanks, America”)
💗 Riley Hart’s signature sweet and spicy style
Donovan and Eric are my favorite brand of idiots in love!
Thank you to Riley Hart and The Author Agency for the eARC of this book.
Riley Hart, you’ve done it again. I am a SUCKER for a marriage of convenience romance, but make it MM, add in best friends since forever, a bi awakening, and a fake marriage for health insurance? Yeah… take my money. The Marriage Policy is equal parts adorable, spicy, and emotionally satisfying. AKA, everything I want in a queer romance.
Eric and Donovan are pure magic. Donovan is the soft hearted grump ER nurse who’s been guarding his feelings for his “straight best friend” forever, and Eric is the sunshine himbo who basically wakes up one day like, “Wait, being in love with my best friend is gay? Okay, cool.” Their dynamic is so sweet, so codependent (in the best way), and SO funny. I mean, Eric immediately starts calling Donovan “husband” and it is lowkey my favorite thing ever.
This book has:
✨ Friends to lovers
✨ Marriage of convenience
✨ Bi awakening
✨ Clueless mutual pining
✨ Chronic illness rep
✨ A very valid critique of the US healthcare system disguised as a romance plot
And don’t get me started on the tension. The forced proximity, the slow realization that they’re already everything to each other, the emotional growth... ugh, my heart. The spicy scenes? Top tier. The emotions? Even higher.
I also really appreciated the way Donovan’s chronic illness history was handled because it wasn’t just a throwaway detail. It shaped how he saw relationships, vulnerability, and trust. And Eric? Sweet, golden retriever energy with a side of “let’s experiment and see what happens.” Their growth as a couple felt authentic and well paced, even if I occasionally wanted to shake them for being so oblivious.
Also, their families KNOW. Like, “we’ve been waiting for you idiots to kiss for 15 years” energy. I live for that.
The Marriage Policy is the perfect low angst, high reward MM romance that delivers on every front. I laughed, I swooned, I yelled at them to just talk already, and now I’m impatiently counting down to book three.
Read if you love:
💗 Best friends to lovers
💗 Codependent softies
💗 Marriage for insurance (aka “thanks, America”)
💗 Riley Hart’s signature sweet and spicy style
Donovan and Eric are my favorite brand of idiots in love!
Thank you to Riley Hart and The Author Agency for the eARC of this book.